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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Amr I. Abdel-Fattah, Dhahran, SA;

Nan Shi, Dammam, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/518 (2006.01); C09K 8/506 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 37/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/504 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/518 (2013.01); C09K 8/506 (2013.01); C09K 8/5045 (2013.01); E21B 37/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/081 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes treating a reservoir with a damaged near wellbore region (NWR), including introducing a liquid foam treatment into a wellbore proximate to the damaged NWR, where the liquid foam treatment has a solution medium and nanobubbles, transmitting an acoustic wave towards the damaged NWR such that the nanobubbles collapse, causing fluid flow pathways to form for hydrocarbon production. A system includes a solution generation tool for generating a liquid foam treatment, where the liquid foam treatment has a solution medium and nanobubbles, where the nanobubbles migrate along a concentration gradient, and an acoustic signal generator transmits an acoustic signal. The system also includes a downhole tool signally coupled to the acoustic signal generator fluidly coupled to the solution generation tool, and the downhole tool transmits an acoustic wave into an NWR and introduces the liquid foam treatment into the wellbore proximate to the NWR.


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